Line-protector.



A. U. MONTGOMERY.

LINE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1912.

Patented July 15', 1913.

:uLUMBm PLAN'mRAPM ,co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

ALBERT U. MONTGOMERY, OF HATTIESBUR-G, MISSISSIPPI.

LINE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Application filed July 23, 1912. Serial No. 711,152.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT U. MONT- GOMERY, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hattiesburg, in the county of Forrest and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LineProtectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for protecting driving reins fromentanglement with the tails of horses, and has for one of its objects toprovide a simply constructed device which may be readily applied withoutmaterial structural changes to different kinds of harnesses and whichwill effectually prevent the tail of the horse from becoming entangledin the driving reins.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice whereby the tail is prevented from becoming entangled in thedriving reins while at. the same time the tail is free to be movedlaterally as required.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of theinvention: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a horse and aportion of the harness with the improvement applied; Fig. 2 is a planview of the improved device; Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view ofthe tail-engaging por tion of the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device comprises a flexible body having means at the endsfor attachment to portions of the harness, preferably to the hip straps,and provided intermediate its end with a clip device adapted to engagearound the tail of the horse. The body portion is constructed preferablyof an inner flexible tubular portion, and an outer flexible tubularportion with harness-engaging devices at the ends and with tail-engagingdevices intermediate the ends. The tubular portions are constructedpreferably of coiled wire, the inner tubular portion being indicatedconventionally at 10, while the outer tubular portion is indicatedconventionally at 11. The inner portion 10 is formed from relativelyclosely coiled wire and with stop knobs 12-13 at the ends, while theouter tubular portion 11 is likewise formed of closely coil-ed wires andengages around the inner tubular member and is slidable thereon, asshown. By this means a flexible body is formed which is strong anddurable and readily adapts itself to the body of a horse, and may becurved to correspond thereto. At'its ends the inner tubular portion 10is surrounded by short coils bent at the ends into inwardly directedclips or loops 1-115 which are adapted to engage around the hip strapsof a harness, one of which is represented at 16. By this means theimproved device may be readily connected to the hip straps and extendaround the rear portion of the horse and over the tail, the latter beingrepresented conventionally at 17. Bearing around the tubular portion 11intermediate its ends, is a sleeve 18 from which bearing arms 1920 areextended and curved to engage around opposite sides of the tail of thehorse. The members 19-20 are sufficiently flexible to enable them to besepa rated to a suflicient extent to receive the tail and will thenreturn to their normal position by their own resiliency and hold thetail with suflicient force to prevent displacement.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and applied without inconvenience to the horse and withoutdetracting from the appearance of the harness. By this simple means thedriving reins are protected from entaglement with the tail. 4

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A rein protector comprising an inner flexible member having laterallyenlarged stop plugs at the ends, an outer flexible member inclosing theinner flexible member and slidable upon the same, attaching meanscarried by the flexible members, and tail-engaging arms carried by theouter flexible member.

2. A rein protector comprising an inner flexible member having laterallyenlarged stop lugs at the ends, an outer flexible member inclosing theinner flexible member and slidable on the same, attaching means carriedby the inner flexible member, a sleeve slidable upon said outer flexiblemember, and tail-engaging arms extending from said sleeve.

3. A rein protector comprising an inner flexible member formed of coiledwire, stops at the ends of the inner flexible member, attaching devicesengaging the inner flexible member and bearing against the stops, anouter flexible member formed of coiled Wire and slidably engaging aroundthe inner flexible member and tail-engaging arms carried by the outerflexible member.

4. A rein protector comprising an inner flexible member formed of coiledWire, stops at the ends of the inner flexible member attaching devicesengaging the inner flexible member and bearing against the stops, anouter flexible member formed of coiled Wire and engaging around theinner flexible member and slidable on the same, a sleeve slidable uponsaid outer flexible member,

and tail-engaging arms extending from said sleeve.

5. A rein protector comprising an inner flexible member formed of coiledWire, stops at the ends of the inner flexible member, attaching deviceseach formed of a coil of Wire engaging around the inner flexible memberand bearing against the stops and With inwardly directed loops at theends, an outer flexible member formed of coiled Wire and engaging aroundthe inner flexible member and slidable on the same, and tailengagingarms carried by the outer flexible member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ALBERT U. MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses T. C. HANNAH, GAY FRENCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

